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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 345 EAN: 9780801867576 ISBN: 0801867576 Label: The Johns Hopkins University Press Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 214 Publication Date: December 31, 2000 Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Studio: The Johns Hopkins University Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Although the Romans lived in a society very different from ours, they were like us in fearing crime and in hoping to control it by means of the law. Ordinary citizens wanted protection from muggers in the streets or thieves at the public baths. They demanded laws to punish officials who abused power or embezzled public monies. Even emperors, who feared plotters and wanted to repress subversive ideas and doctrines, looked to the law for protection. In the first book in English to focus on the substantive criminal law of ancient Rome, O. F. Robinson offers a lively study of an essential aspect of Roman life and identity. Robinson begins with a discussion of the framework within which the law operated and the nature of criminal responsibility. She looks at the criminal law of Rome as it was established in the late Republic under Sulla's system of standing jury-courts. Grouping offenses functionally into five chapters, she examines crimes committed for gain, crimes involving violence, sexual offenses, offenses against the state, and offenses against the due ordering of society. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Difficult to ReadI'm an undergraduate student and I read this book for a class on Ancient Law. I did not like this book at all and I do not recommend it. I suggest you try and find a different book on ancient Roman criminal law (hopefully there's another one out there). I found it very difficult to read because it lacked smooth transitions, sentences were often worded strangely, and the author assumes the reader is familiar with Latin or able to easily look up Latin words. Concepts were difficult to understand and ... Read More Rating:  - For Cognoscenti OnlyHaving been a practicing criminal lawyer for over 30 years, and having been a student of Roman history for nearly 50 years, I had trouble digesting this book. The diction was turgid, the allusions were obscure, and the author assumed too much prior knowledge on the part of the reader. Regardless of its shortcomings, the book repaid careful study. I recently began reading "The Trial and Death of Jesus" by Haim Herman Cohn, an Israeli Supreme Court Justice. That book presents another ... Read More |
